Performance Anxiety

More About Sleep

In this follow-up to Episode 5, Dr. John Mayer returns with powerful new tools and insights to improve sleep for all ages. He introduces Dreamscaping, a technique to reduce anxiety and encourage restful sleep, and dives into practical strategies for helping children and teens develop healthier sleep habits. Learn how sleep disturbances like bedwetting, nighttime fears, and even pets can impact sleep—and how to take control of your sleep environment. Dr. Mayer also explores the fascinating science behind dreams and nightmares, explaining how perception, memory, and emotional processing play a role in your nightly mind-movies. Discover proven ways to eliminate nightmares, including his technique "Finishing the Dream," now supported by cutting-edge sleep science. Plus, enjoy a rapid-fire myth-busting session, practical sleep factoids, and surprising benefits of better sleep—from weight loss to emotional well-being. Whether you're a parent, teen, or adult struggling with sleep, this episode offers something for everyone. Sweet dreams start here.

Anger

In this episode of Anxiety’s A Bitch, Dr. John Mayer dives deep into the connection between anger and anxiety, exploring how anger, both internal and external, can fuel stress and emotional distress. You'll learn practical, evidence-based strategies to manage personal anger and deal with angry individuals in your life. Whether you're trying to change your own reactive patterns or cope with someone else's explosive behavior, you'll walk away with 10 powerful techniques to improve communication, set boundaries, and develop healthier emotional responses. This episode empowers listeners to trade anger for true, lasting inner strength.

Performance Anxiety

Spoiler Alert: This episode starts out with a Bonus Tip to calm your anxiety.  The five truths of facing anxiety: You have enough life experience (History), you are smart enough, have experienced this before in some way, have resources to tap into (including these podcasts) and you can undo anything. One of the most frequent ways we experience anxiety is when we have upcoming Speeches/Presentations/Meetings/ New Situations/Job Interviews/Yearly work evaluations/Big Meetings/Test Anxiety/Meeting New People/Weddings/etc.

Kids and Anxiety

Fascinating itinerary of all the ways that anxiety can damage your body. I’m throwing in a Bonus Tip here also.

Ok, What Is Anxiety Anyhow

Finally let’s take a few minutes to understand what anxiety is and isn’t. The differences between anxiety and worry will be explained. Why now? Don’t you hate books and videos that spend countless pages and hours first before they get to the 2-3 practical tips you can use?